BOOM! That's the sound of Luc Besson's "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets." US Weekend total is $17 million, not even a multiple of Friday's $6 million. Costing at least $225 million, "Valerian" is a domestic dud.
The only hope for STX Films on the most expensive indie film ever made is people in non English speaking countries not caring about the story or dialogue. This often the case, and dud films– see "The Mummy" — can find audiences who just want the visual flash.
"Valerian" will have to count on China, Russia, South Korea, and other out of the way locales to bail them out.
The previews looked visually amazing. Was the movie really that bad?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 25 2017, @07:52PM
And if the total revenue doesn't come all in the first week, that is the "biggest loss"?
Considering that the copyright owners keep milking the cow even after it's bones are well past the third broth, with this most probably won't be a loss at all. Just not as quick bucks as they expected.